Pulsifer co



G. E. DALRYMPLE.

SHOE ORNAMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1. 1919.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

W i i j aid FNFFED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. DALRYMPLE, 0F HA'VERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASfiIGNOE T0 DALRYMPLE- PULS'IFER 00., 0F HAVERHILL, MASSACHUfiETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

SHOE ORNAMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23,1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. DALRYMPLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Havel-hill, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Shoe Ornaments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of shoe ornaments which are designed to be attached to pumps or slippers and more particularly, to that class of ornaments known as imitation buckles, in which a ribbon is inclosed by a buckle frame.

Ornaments of this type are usually provided with a center bar which extends from one side of the frame to the other and pro vides a means for attaching the frame to the shoe and the primary objects of my invention are to provide an ornament of the class above referred to with attaching means which enables the center bar of the buckle frame to be omitted and also enables the ornament to be securely and conveniently attached.

I accomplish these objects by means of the construction shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front view of the ornament complete.

Fig. 2 is a view of the back side, and

Fig. 3 is a view of the top edge thereof.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail back and edge views of the buckle frame.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the buckle filler and attaching means.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the ornament attached.

As shown in the drawing, the most practical form of my invention, as it enables the convenient use of ribbon of uniform width, for the buckle filler, is in connection with an oblong or rectangular shaped frame a. Said frame is died out of flexible sheet metal, and, when formed, a series of ears are formed integrally therewith, which extend from the outer edge thereof and comprise two pairs of ears a, a, at the ends of the frame and two pairs of, a at its longer sides, and, in use, the top and bottom edges of the ornament, the ears of, 0?, being arranged adjacent and at opposite sides of the middle of the fr e y In making up the ornament, a stiffening strip 6, usually of buckram, is provided, having substantially the same dimensions as the frame, a strip of ribbon 0 being wrapped therea-bout from end to end, so that the end portions of the ribbon overlap, as shown in Fig. 6. An attaching strip 03, either of buckram or leather, is also provided, said strip being of approximately the same dimensions as the stiffener b, and is placed against the overlapping portions of the ribbon. A. staple c is driven through the middle of the strip cl, the overlapping portions of the ribbon, and through the stiffener, and is clenched against the inner side of the latter, in a manner which will well be obvious.

The ribbon strip, or buckle filler, as thus mounted, is then placed against the back side of the frame a and the two pairs of top and bottom or side lugs a are bent over onto the edge of the attaching strip (Z, so that the latter, together with the ribbon and stiffener are clamped against the back side of the mid dle portion of the buckle frame. The end lugs a are then bent down onto the ends of the ribbon strip and stiffener, clamping them firmly against the back side of the end portions of the frame, but leaving the end portions of the attaching strip free to be bent away from the parts to which it is connected at its middle portion,so that its end portions may be readily connected to the shoe by sewing or stapling, as shown in Fig. 7.

The construction above described may be readily assembled and, when assembled, will remain in position. It also forms a shoe ornament of attractive appearance.

It will be understood that while only one form of buckle frame is shown, numerous variations thereof may be employed in connection with the mechanical features above described.

I claim:

A shoe ornament comprising an oblong frameof flexible metal having ears formed integrally therewith and extending from the outer edges thereof adjacent the middle portion of its top and bottom, and at its ends, a suitably stifiened ornamenta fi l r adapted to fit the back side of said frame Within said ears, and a similarly shaped attaching strip held against the back side of said filler, said top and bottom ears being bent over onto said attaching strip to clamp said strip and filler against the frame middle portion, and said end ears being bent over onto the ends of 

